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"You cannot discover new oceans unless you are willing to loose sight of the shore" Fortune Cookie

A couple of months ago my family went out to dinner at a Chinese restaurant. As always, we received fortune cookies. My sister received the one with the quote above, she read it to the family and we all admired how it was well written and how it had such a great meaning, but after a minute or so they moved on to a new topic. I did not. The quote kept ringing in my head. I kept trying to figure out what it meant. Finally it hit me. You can not accomplish anything in life if you are too scared to take the first step. This applies in all aspects of life, from something small, like starting a project to anything as important as becoming the president of the United States. Nothing great in life can be accomplished if you do not take the first step. Most people are too afraid of failure to pursue their dreams, but if you have the courage you can discover something great. There are many people in life who took a great risks and were rewarded for them. To me, this quote means exactly that, go out and follow your dreams, you never know what the reward could be.